Chapter 214 Super Cunning Devil
Everyone around heard Su Ming's words.
Jiang Yichuan's expression changed slightly and he looked towards Su Ming.
Arthur looked over here curiously, then lifted his butt off the stone and walked over.
Liu Feiyun, who was half asleep, woke up immediately and asked, "What did you just say?", wanting someone to repeat it to him.
Flora frowned and repeated Su Ming's words carefully, her expression filled with doubt and confusion.
"Why would the God of Hope tell the Dreamer where we are? That doesn't make sense," Arthur said. "When the Dreamer came, the entire village was wiped out."
"So that's what you're talking about. Indeed, I think this idea is too outrageous." Liu Feiyun also said, "What's the motive of the God of Hope? There's no reason for it to do this, right? Why must it kill us? We are not believers of the other two sects. To put it in a bad way, we are also intentional non-believers and a target for them to develop. It shouldn't kill us!"
Jiang Yichuan nodded slightly, agreeing with what Arthur and Liu Feiyun said, and added:
“Moreover, the God of Hope cannot see us. The three gods of this world are all above the level of existence in this world. Higher-dimensional creatures cannot see lower-dimensional creatures, just like humans cannot tell which bacteria are which. Unless someone communicates with the God of Hope, it is impossible for it to even know of our existence.
Last night, when we were plotting to massacre the village, the Minister's crows were watching nearby. No one, not even Hope, could know what we were going to do."
Jiang Yichuan's response was more reliable than Arthur and Liu Feiyun's. He had solid reasons and gave various arguments.
His analysis was very convincing. Arthur and Liu Feiyun nodded in agreement. Flora did not understand the professional knowledge and could not express her opinion. She could only listen quietly. But from what she saw, it seemed that everyone disagreed with what Su Ming had just said.
"Su Ming, this statement seems... seems a little wrong." Xia Xiaoyu muttered half-believingly.
Xia Xiaoyu actually wanted to support Su Ming in her heart, but after thinking about it carefully, she also felt that Su Ming's guess was too weird. The God of Hope had no reason and no way to kill them. It couldn't hear them, didn't know what they wanted to do, and couldn't even see them. How could it kill them?
It was hard for her to imagine that the God of Hope was like an ordinary human being, conspiring with the people in her dreams to kill them. The story was too bizarre, just like in a fairy tale, where the king and the prime minister of the enemy country conspired to join forces, but the conspiracy was just to kill a few ants on the roadside.
Now, no one agreed with the answer given by Su Ming, but Sylvie didn't say anything.
She was the only one who was seriously thinking about the outrageous guess that Su Ming had just made.
She thought seriously for a while, and looked at Su Ming meaningfully. The smile on her lips did not change. Su Ming knew that this was the minister's most serious expression. When her smile was stiff, she was actually thinking very seriously. He understood this characteristic.
"Go on, can you refute the questions they asked just now?" Sylvie said.
Sure enough, her tone was very serious, lacking some ease and composure, but Su Ming could hear the expectation, and the minister seemed to understand him.
No, it should not be understanding, but just believing. With such a complicated answer, it is impossible for the minister to reconstruct the overall situation by just listening to one conclusion.
Su Ming nodded vigorously, his brain working at full speed, and soon he knew how to explain this complicated logic.
“First, let’s confirm our purpose.
Our goal is to leave the White Mist, and the means is to inflict heavy damage on the Cult of Hope and then let the God of Hope open a way for us.
If you think about it carefully, these things of being coerced are definitely not what the God of Hope wants to see. If it knew the plan, it would probably choose to kill us to prevent the villages it manages from suffering the disaster of massacre in vain.
So our death is actually a good thing for it. Can this be considered the motivation of the God of Hope?"
Jiang Yichuan thought about it and nodded in agreement: "This motive is valid, but the premise is that it must know that we intend to do this. Unfortunately, the high-dimensional demons beyond the human world cannot hear our plan."
"No, no, no! The premise is wrong!" Su Ming corrected.
He paused, and then said, "Don't you think the God of Hope is too weak? Although there are many believers, this sect itself does not seem to have any strong fighting power. The ones who protect the village are born with the gods' favor, and the fighters are all pulled in from the white fog. It seems that their sect itself has no fighting ability."
After Su Ming mentioned this, everyone thought about it and it seemed to be true.
"You think the God of Hope is just a relatively strong demon and it has not yet reached the level of transcending the world, right?" Sylvie asked.
Su Ming nodded vigorously: "That's it! If it is still in this world, then through the attack of the people in the dream and the time when I arrived at the village yesterday, it is easy to associate it with our ongoing plan. It is natural for it to want to kill us!"
Sylvie nodded, and her unchanged smile finally became a little more intense. She was very satisfied with Su Ming's answer.
"That's a good inference. Demons that have not transcended the mortal world are very sensitive to the death of the contractor. Generally, they can sense it instantly, and it is also very convenient for them to communicate with the contractor.
Assuming your assumption is true, it's not surprising that it knew about our plan. It would be more surprising if it didn't know about it.
However, even though the Demon of Hope did not upgrade its dimension, its strength must be very strong. Perhaps not as strong as the God of Dreams and the God of Plague, but its existence itself should be the top combat power in this world. I don't think I need to explain this, you all understand it.
In my opinion, apart from the projections of the God of Plague and the God of Dreams in this world, nothing else can be its opponent." Sylvie said.
Jiang Yichuang lowered his head, and based on the premise that Su Ming's assumption was correct, he began to think about what to do next.
After Su Ming finished speaking, the overall logic made sense, and it also explained the strange and suspicious points of last night's attack.
In addition, the minister seems to agree with this hypothesis, which makes it very worth thinking about.
There is no doubt that if the assumption is true, they will not be able to confront the Devil of Hope head-on because the chance of winning is zero.
There is no doubt about this. From the number of believers, the lower limit of the demon's strength can be calculated.
Its strength level is at least at the same level as the Chaos Demon that appeared before, which means it is close to upgrading its dimension, but still a little short of it.
In addition, the way it develops religion also shows the general strategy set by this demon. The people of these religions are so weak, but they are not well fed and clothed.
These people starved and harmed themselves, and the price they paid was high, but they gained almost no strength in return.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Devil of Hope, these low-quality believers were all discarded pawns who could be easily abandoned. It was natural for the Devil of Hope to abandon several villages in order to kill them.
To the Devil of Hope, these powerless believers are probably like phone cards worth only a few cents. Apart from talking to him and collecting intelligence for him, they are of no other use. When it is time to throw them away, he should do so as decisively as throwing away a rag.
This demon's viciousness and greed are rare in the world. Since joining the Investigation Bureau, Jiang Yichuan has never seen such a powerful demon that exploits the contractors. It is definitely the devil among demons, a true pyramid scheme master! The capitalist among demons!
It gained a lot of negative emotions and increased its own strength, but did not pay anything in return. Instead, it drew a beautiful blueprint, created white mist, and constantly pulled people from other worlds in.
It wants to add new contractors continuously, and also wants to use the supernatural beings from another world to fight against the other two sects. This is simply the ultimate way of getting something for nothing!
"It's a very smart demon and it didn't attack us directly." Jiang Yichuang said expressionlessly.
Sylvie chuckled, her brows relaxed, and she seemed very happy: “Yes, after all, there is a physical entity, and if you want to kill us, you must come here in person.
If it comes here in person, it will easily expose its presence during the movement, and if it is targeted by the other two gods, it will be finished."
Seeing that Sylvie and Jiang Yichuang both acknowledged Su Ming's reasoning, Arthur shook his head.
He still couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it.
It turned out that they were being tricked by a cunning demon.
"Is there any other possibility?" Arthur confirmed again and again.
"There are other possibilities, but Su Ming's guess just now makes sense and is worth thinking about." Sylvie looked around at everyone and said slowly, "The situation has changed."
Everyone was silent, everyone was thinking.
Now, new ideas have been opened up, and the plans that have already been decided must be overturned and re-planned under this premise.
If the other party is a demon that exists in the real world, then he must have the ability to communicate with the contractor instantly, just like the high priest who hopes to teach others to communicate with him.
In addition, if it wants to kill them, it does not necessarily have to rely on the hands of the person in the dream. It can also exchange its power with a believer in the village and let the believer kill them.
But this approach is not very practical, as not everyone can withstand the power of the devil.
In the eyes of demons, every human being is a container. The demonic power that can be contained is limited. Through a contract, one can obtain powerful demonic power in a short period of time. This step is like pouring a large amount of water into an empty container.
But once the power fills the container, you can no longer pour more water into it. If you want to become stronger, you can only increase the capacity of the container.
The combat effectiveness on their side is very strong. The minister and the captain are both masters who have mastered alienation, and Su Ming himself still has a 3% annihilation mode. Even if the Hope Demon is determined pull up one or two tall and capable fighters in one go, there is a high probability that they will not be able to kill them.
I guess the other party also took this into consideration, so they wanted to use the hand of the person in the dream to eliminate them.
"I hope the devil would rather kill us than make a deal with us... Will we never be able to get out?" Flora asked worriedly.
